Improvement in the manufacture of traveling-bags



l 1. w. LIEB. *Manufac'cure of Travelling-Bags,

hlm-144,340, Patented N,ov.4,l873.-

UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN W. LIEB, or NEWARK, NEW JEEsEY.

`nvlPRovlalvlENT |N THE MANuFAcTuRE oF TRAvELlNe-BAGS.

Speeication forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,340, dated 'n'ovember4, 1873; application led July 3, 1873.

To all whom it may concern.' d

Be it known that I, JOHN W. LIEB, of Newark, in the county of Essex andState of New Y Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in In themanufacture of those traveling-bags,

which have a frame covered with leather, canvas, enameled cloth, or likematerial, with the edge of the body secured to said covering, it hasbeen, and is now, the universal practice to proceed as follows: First,the frame is made,

and the two parts or jaws hinged together.

The frame is then covered by folding or wrapping the material over it,the covering being sometimes pasted fast. The two edges of the coveringare brought together inside of the frame, and then the edge of the bodysewed fast thereto by hand. After this the lining is sewed fast to boththe body and the cover, also by'hand. These operations are slow,laborious, and expensive, and the bags produced thereby are not onlycostly but wanting in that smoothness and elegance of finish which isattained by the use of machinery.

The object of my invention is to construct the bags entirely, or asnearly as may be, by

machinery, in order to reduce their cost, and

render them neater in appearance. This I accomplish by sewing thecovering, body, and lining together on a sewing-machine, then slippingthe two jaws separately into the covering, and, finally, uniting orhinging the two jaws, and giving the little nishing touches to the bag.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my completed bag, Fig. 2, across-section ofthe folded 'coverin for the frame Fi 3 a cross-sectionof the covering and bodyin position to be sewed together, Figs. 4, 5,and 6, cross sections, showing the covering, body, and lining sewedtogether in different shapes; Figs. 7 and 8,

views showing the hinge before and after being closed or completed.;Fig. 9, a cross=section of the two parts or jaws of the frame complete,as in the finished bag.

In proceeding to construct a bag on my plan, I first take the usualstrip of material B for covering the frame, and fold or double it lengthwisethrough the middle, as shown in Fig. 2i I then take the body C ofthe bag, made in the proper and usual shape, and lay the foldedcovering-strip B along on its outer side, so that the edges of the twoparts are in line, as shown in Fig. 3. I next take a strip of liningmaterial, D, and lay it upon the outside of the body, over thecovering-strip B, taking care to keep the edges of the three parts inline and close together. Having thus arranged the parts, I place them ona sewing-machine, and at one operation sew through all four thicknesses,as shown at c, Fig.` 4, thus securing the cover, body, and liningstrongly and quickly together. A center piece of lining is then sewedfast, by the machine, to the strip I), and a piece also sewed to theside, if there is one to the bag body or gusset. The body, thus producedentirely by machinery, is next turned inside out, and is then ready toreceive the frame. The two parts or jaws of the frame, constructed, asusual, with hinges, but not connected together, are next pushed endwiseinto the respective covering-strips B of the body, and then, finally,the jaws hinged together, as usual.

It will be seen that, by the above-described method of procedure, I amenabled to do away with most of the hand labor heretofore necessary inthe manufacture of this class of bags, and to substitute therefore theuse of machinery. This change reduces the cost of labor very greatly,and, consequently, lessens the cost of the bags; while, at the sametime, a neater, stronger, and more serviceable bag is produced.

Instead of using a covering-piece separate from the body of the bag, thematerial which forms the body may be folded in either of the shapesshown in Figs. 5 and 6 to receive the frame.

It is obvious that when jaws are used in which the jaw, instead of beingmade of a single piece bent at right angles, is composed of a verticalpiece, with the flange or horizontal part atn tached thereto bybrackets, the side or vertical FFICE.

part only may be covered by the material l and, finally, hing-ing thejaws together, as

and the ange or horizontal be japanned; in Which ease the lattery willbe attached after the vertical portion is inserted Within the foldherein set forth.

2. The hem or pocket made from a separate piece, and seeured to the bodyand the lining by one or more rows of stitches, the saine being,`prepared, as described, previous to the insertion ofthe jaws,substantially as set forth.

JOHN W. LIEB.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM ITNA, T. MAYER.

